The Tinosaur

The Tinosaur, written by Stephen Cosgrove. Illustrated by Carolyn Laporte.

《提诺龙》，作者：斯蒂芬·科斯格罗夫。 插画：卡罗琳·拉波特。

Once, the earth was nothing more than one big swamp. There were no people, there were no roads, and no houses. The land was filled with dinosaurs, big and bigger, mostly bigger.

很久很久以前，地球还只是一片大大的沼泽。 那时没有人类，没有公路，也没有房屋。 陆地上到处都是恐龙，有大的，还有更大的， 大部分都是更大的那种。

There were Supersaurus, Brachiosaurus, and the Brontosaurus. All of them were big, very, very big. The biggest of the big were the Ultrasaurus. They were so big that the word big is not big enough. They lived in a big world.

有超龙、腕龙，还有雷龙。 它们每一个都很大，超级超级大。 大家伙里最大的要数极龙了。 它们大到“大”这个字都不够形容它们的个头。 它们生活在一个广阔的世界里。

Life was fairly easy for the big dinosaurs. There were big plants to eat and big lakes and rivers to drink from. Life was good for the big dinosaurs.

大恐龙们的日子过得相当安逸。 有大大的植物可以吃，还有大大的湖泊和河流可以喝水。 大恐龙们的生活美滋滋的。

As big as the big dinosaurs were, there were those that were small. In fact, they were smaller than small. They were tiny. These little creatures were called Tinosaurus.

虽说大恐龙已经很大了，但也有个头很小的恐龙。 实际上，它们比“小”还要小得多。 它们迷你极了。 这些小家伙叫提诺龙。

They would run here and there looking for food. The best food was large walnuts. The walnuts were bigger than even they were.

它们会东奔西跑找吃的。 最美味的食物就是大大的核桃。 那些核桃甚至比它们自己的个头还大。